Z32
Nissan Fairlady Z, Z32
VG30DETT, 3.0 twin-turbo, rear-wheel drive
Eleven years of production and, in twin-turbo form, still one of the fastest ways into a genuinely quick 1990s Japanese car. The entire run has cleared the 25-year rule.
The Japanese cars differ from the American 300ZX in specification and, more importantly, in how they were maintained. The sheet is where the service record note appears.
Twin-turbo against naturally aspirated
The sheet names the engine. The value gap is wide, and photographs of an unmodified car do not always show which you are looking at.
T-bar roof leaks and floor rust
Water through the roof seals ends in the floor pan. Any S or C mark on the floor is worth more concern than one on a panel.
Cooling and engine bay notes
The VG30DETT is tightly packaged and heat-soaked. Handwritten notes about noise or repairs in the engine bay carry real weight.
Every mark named above is defined in the codes library, with what it costs to put right at US rates.
Night Line
Be told when a Z32 matters
We write when the Z32 clears another month of the 25-year rule, when the yen moves more than 3% your way, and once when the free Decode opens. Nothing else.